Associations to the word «Quintile»
Noun
Wiktionary
QUINTILE, noun. (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
QUINTILE, noun. (by extension) A subset thus obtained.
QUINTILE, noun. (astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.